(PRESS RELEASE) -- Las Vegas, Nevada – Former UFC® and PRIDE®
champion Mauricio Rua
(21-7, fighting out of Curitiba, Brazil) will meet controversial
and charismatic light heavyweight contender Chael Sonnen
(28-13-1, fighting out of West Linn, Ore.) on Saturday, August 17
at the TD Garden in Boston, Mass. The main event highlights an
action-packed card that will serve as the inaugural live sports
broadcast on the newly minted network, FOX SPORTS 1.

In addition, Alistair
Overeem (36-12-1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Netherlands)
returns to the Octagon® to face Travis
Browne (14-1-1, fighting out of Albuquerque, N.M.) in a
heavyweight showdown that is sure to deliver.

Tickets for UFC® on FOX SPORTS 1: SHOGUN vs. SONNEN, go on sale
Thursday, June 20 at 10 a.m. ET and are priced at $300, $225, $150,
$100, $75 and $50. Tickets will be available at all Ticketmaster
locations. Ticket sales are limited to eight (8) per person. To
charge by phone with a major credit card, call Ticketmaster at
(800) 745-3000. Tickets also are available for purchase at
www.ticketmaster.com. Ticket prices do not include applicable
service charges.

UFC® Fight Club™ members will have the opportunity to purchase
tickets to this event Tuesday, June 18 at 10 a.m. ET via the
website www.ufcfightclub.com. A special Internet ticket pre-sale
will be available to UFC newsletter subscribers Wednesday, June 19
starting at 10 a.m. ET. To access this presale, users must register
for the UFC newsletter through UFC.com.

For more information or current fight news, visit www.ufc.com. All
bouts live and subject to change.

About the Ultimate Fighting Championship® Universally recognized
for its action-packed, can’t-miss events that have sold out some of
the biggest arenas and stadiums across the globe, the UFC® is the
world’s premier mixed martial arts (MMA) organization. Owned and
operated by Zuffa, LLC, headquartered in Las Vegas and with offices
in London, Toronto and Beijing, UFC produces more than 30 live
events annually and is the largest pay-per-view event provider in
the world. In 2012, the UFC burst into the mainstream with a
landmark seven-year broadcast agreement with FOX Sports Media
Group. The agreement includes four live events broadcast on the FOX
network annually, with additional fight cards and thousands of
hours of programming broadcast on FOX properties FX and FUEL TV.
This also includes the longest-running sports reality show on
television, The Ultimate Fighter®, which airs on FOX SPORTS 1.

In addition to its reach on FOX, UFC programming is broadcast in
over 145 countries, to nearly 800 million TV households worldwide,
in 28 different languages. UFC content is also distributed
commercially in the United States to bars and restaurants through
Joe Hand
Promotions, in English throughout Canada via Premium Sports
Broadcasting Inc. and Australia via Main Event and in French
throughout Quebec via Interbox. The UFC also connects with tens of
millions of fans through its website, UFC.com, as well as social
media sites Facebook and Twitter. UFC President Dana White is
considered one of the most accessible and followed executives in
sports, with nearly 2.4 million followers on Twitter. Ancillary UFC
businesses include best-selling DVDs and video games, an
internationally distributed magazine, UFC.TV offering live event
broadcasts and video on demand around the world, a new franchise in
development with EA, UFC GYM®, UFC Fight Club affinity program, UFC
Fan Expo® festivals, branded apparel and trading cards.